Andrew Murray bounced back from losing the first four games to topple Jurgen Melzer in three sets at the Pacific Open in Indian Wells.
British No.1 survives tough test
Andrew Murray bounced back from losing the first four games to topple Jurgen Melzer in three sets at the Pacific Open in Indian Wells.
The 20-year-old suffered a poor start to his second round match, however he moved through the gears to record a 3-6 6-3 6-3 victory.
"I wasn't expecting him to come out and start smoking the returns like that," Murray told
Sky Sports.
"He was hitting clean winners and coming in behind my second serve a lot.
"Once I started to get into the match a bit more and make a few more first serves and get more kick on my second serve then he started to miss.
"He wasn't able to come forward as much because I changed my tactics a bit and played more aggressive.
"I won the majority of my points after that and that's what I was most pleased about. Even though his tactics were good early on I managed to turn it around and was doing to him what he was doing to me."
Murray had looked strangely out of sorts as he found himself 4-0 before he managed to win a game.
Control
The Scot did break back and then have chances to level only for the Austrian to hold on and see out and claim the first set 6-3.
The second set saw Murray take control with an early break, and although Melzer managed to hit back, the 11th seed regained his advantage in the next game before levelling the match.
Murray continued to push forward in the third set and although Melzer gamely attempted to stick with him, another early break proved decisive.
Murray will now face giant Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the next round in what will be a repeat of the 2007 San Jose Open - a match won by the Scot.
And the British No.1 is expecting a tough clash, saying: "Everyone of his matches is 50:50, so it is one of those matches where I am going to have to play very solid and take any chances when I get them.
"There might not be that many chances but when I played him before I broke him two or three times and managed to come through. Wth the conditions like this here, though, and the balls flying around like they do, it will be hard to break him."
